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Still confused at the outrage over this guy. He's not a player you build a team around. He's not designed to be your starting 3B or one of your OF slots. He's a high OBP guy batting leadoff on a crappy team either for a 2b slot in deep leagues or a bench bat to supplement your lineup when others have off days.

In 225 AB last year, he had 3 HR and 19 Rbi. Not sure what people were expecting other than maybe more SB production.

A couple of weeks old, but still applies... SB production like he flashed last season is one thing people could have expected, but the almost complete lack of any counting stats as well is killing his value. Unless you really need some batting average stabilization at the very end of your lineup, I can understand people wondering if they should continue to use him or not. It's not a knock on McNeil, as he's been as good as expected in everything but SBs. The lack of RBIs should be expected with him hitting where he is, but the lack of Runs is solely on the Mets' lineup. It is still surprising that he's this bad in counting stats though, as you would think a guy getting on roughly 40% of the time would be score "by default" at times at least, especially if Pete Alonso homers.

I'm still considering trying to acquire McNeil fairly cheaply because I've been having batting average issues all season, but it's not hard to see why some people are wondering what they should do with him at this point.

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I sense a change in Mets approach, on offense recently, and I believe it continues. We're gonna see Rosario, McNeil, and even Conforto run more than they have in the beginning of the season. The Met's announcers have been talking about it, and it's happening. I've owned McNeil all year, and won't let him go.

He is the perfect player to plug in throughout your week for anyone sitting, or not playing that day with his position eligibility. Now, more willing to steal, and popping a few over the fence since coming back from the DL, he's even more important to my team. I'd recommend trying to pry him loose from his current owner if you aren't fortunate enough to have him. He won't cost you a ton, but he fits in like 7 spots on your roster, lifting your batting average at the very least.

5 guys that get on base at a .400+ clip, will flirt with 200 hits, don't strike out at a high rate. It wouldn't be sexy, but it would be effective. Would that team win a WS in this era? Probably not, but they'd be good.

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just a friendly shoutout to the cats in the MiLB forum who were touting this "unheralded McNeil guy" when he was quietly raking in the Minors.
He really is a terrific hitter, and a fun one to watch. Congrats on the all-star nod. Well-deserved!